Villa Hanbury, film 2000, Giardini Botanici Hanbury, La Mortola, Liguria, Italy : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Villa Hanbury, film 2000, Giardini Botanici Hanbury, La Mortola, Liguria, Italy / juliamaudlin
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| 説明 | Palazzo Orengo developed around an ancient tower between the 17th and 18th centuries; when Sir Thomas Hanbury purchased the property in the second half of the 19th century, it needed major restructuring. The renovations maintained the role of the villa's emerging structure, increasing its visibility and panoramic views. In the past, the palazzo had played a defensive and strategic role. The renovations kept the ancient tower and the mighty walls. At the time of Sir Thomas' death in 1907, the garden stocked at least 5,800 different species, but after the First World War, the garden went into a state of decline. His son Sir Cecil Hanbury and daughter-in-law Lady Dorothy Hanbury (1890-1972), decided in 1925 to start replanting and developing the garden to perpetuate the family legacy. Dorothy continued to live at La Mortola after Cecil died in 1937. During the Second World War, the Gardens were confiscated, occupied first by Italian troops and then by German troops, and suffered severe damage. 1944 was the black year of the property which was bombed, looted and, of course, abandoned. In 1945 Dorothy managed to return and with just twenty gardeners she began the rebuilding work, supported by her second husband the Reverend Rutven Forbes.Dorothy sold the gardens to the Italian State in 1960. In the 1980s, they were transferred to Genoa University's care. Mainly due to the university's operational skills and close attention, the botanical gardens are now considered one of the world's great gardens. Visitors have been admitted to the gardens since 1872. |
| 撮影日 | 2000-03-26 16:54:01 |
| 撮影者 | juliamaudlin , Lake Oswego, Oregon, and St Petersburg, Florida, USA |
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